Lucas Groben, DO
Cardiovascular Disease · West Des Moines, IANPI 1932310018
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — food and beverage (59.8%), travel and lodging and education — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Abbott accounts for 75.2% of it on its own, with 15 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $2,157, more than ten times the $187 reported in 2019.
Across 174 payments — averaging $34.09 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$4K
- Boston Scientific$466
- Inari Medical, Inc.$176
- Abiomed$173
- Astellas Pharma US Inc$152
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$103
- plus $401 from 10 others
Across 815 payments — averaging $554.60 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.$281K
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH$97K
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co.kg$41K
- Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.$33K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,23038%
- Food & beverage$3,54960%
- Education$1523%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 108 | $4,461 |
| Boston Scientific | 33 | $466 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 3 | $176 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $173 |
| Astellas Pharma US Inc | 2 | $152 |
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 7 | $103 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 1 | $95 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 4 | $66 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 2 | $61 |
| Novartis | 3 | $49 |
| Pfizer | 2 | $31 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 2 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 2 | $26 |
| Chiesi USA, Inc. | 1 | $16 |
| Stryker | 1 | $14 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- AVEIR$1,221
- ASSURITY$648
- QUADRA ALLURE MP$264
- Impella$137
- CardioMEMS HF System$136
- FLOWTRIEVER CATHETER, S$132
- CT THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM KIT$132
- ALLURE QUADRA$111
How this compares
$5,931 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 142 cardiovascular disease providers in Iowa.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 247 | $234,468 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 119 | $128,290 |
| BrilintaTicagrelor | 30 | $13,361 |
| Repatha SureclickEvolocumab | 13 | $10,305 |
| MultaqDronedarone Hcl | 11 | $8,634 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 563 | $5,664 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 420 | $2,979 |
| Enoxaparin Sodium | 14 | $2,607 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 317 | $2,439 |
| Ranolazine ErRanolazine | 21 | $2,158 |
| Dilt-XrDiltiazem Hcl | 48 | $1,758 |
| Propafenone Hcl | 48 | $1,607 |
| Losartan Potassium | 296 | $1,511 |
| Bisoprolol Fumarate | 92 | $1,483 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 121 | $1,339 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Companies that both paid and supply prescribed drugs
These companies both reported payments to this provider and make drugs the provider prescribed under Medicare Part D in 2024. For most specialties this overlap is expected — a cardiologist who is paid by a cardiology drugmaker also treats heart disease. It is shown so the reader can see it, not because it implies anything on its own.
| Company | Paid to this provider | Part D cost of their drugs |
|---|---|---|
| PfizerEliquis | $31 | $234,468247 claims |
| Johnson & JohnsonXarelto | $26 | $128,290119 claims |
| AstraZenecaBrilinta | $14 | $13,36130 claims |
Reading this fairly. The Part D column is what drug plans and patients paid pharmacies — this provider received none of it, and it reflects how many patients they treat and what those drugs cost. Against peers, this provider's reported payments sit in the 85th percentile of 142 cardiovascular disease providers in Iowa.
Other cardiovascular disease in West Des Moines
- Troy HounshellWest Des Moines$164K
- Enrico MartinWest Des Moines$113K
- Suzanne FeigofskyWest Des Moines$59K
- Robert PaulWest Des Moines$9K
- Krishna Theja ReddyWest Des Moines$5K
- Randolph RoughWest Des Moines$3K
- Paul WesleyWest Des Moines$2K
- Brian OlshanskyIowa City$219K
- Gursukhman Deep SidhuDavenport$60K
- Tyler RasmussenCedar Rapids$37K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.